Re: [tied] Re: IE prefix "*s"

Miguel :>>> I prefer Pokorny's explanation *<ex-upo> > <sub>. "Out from
under"
Piotr:

>>Latin, however, lacks not only forms like *sinfra: 'from undeneath' <
>>*ex-infra: but even s-less *<ub>, *<uper>, etc.
>
>The last point is easy: sub and super don't mean "from under" or "from
>above" anymore, they mean "under" and "above".

Latin sub can still mean "from under" eg submitto = "send out from
beneath". It is what the earth does to flowers (Lucr 1:8), and suspicio <
sub-spicio can mean "look at from beneath" (e.g. Lucr 1:35)

Peter